Welcome back, Ohio State.
For the first time since dropping out on Jan. 20, the Buckeyes have returned to the Associated Press top-25 poll. They're No. 25 in this week's rankings, released on Monday.
Ohio State's appearance in the poll comes after the team won five of its past six games. It has beat Northwestern (road), Indiana (home), Michigan (road), Rutgers (home) and Purdue (home) in the past few weeks, with the lone slip-up coming in a 13-point road loss to Wisconsin.
Initially, the Buckeyes fell out of the top-25 on Jan. 20 while in the midst of a stretch during which they lost six of seven games.